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I've played with the idea a bit. I have proof-of-concept code (not at all ready for public consumption) that can broadcast intermittent screenshots to the Roku, but the more the sampling rate (FPS) is cranked up, the more the host pc is bogged down, plus the Roku can only make so many requests per second. I haven't tried to push it to the max, but it's certain there would be both a noticeable delay before the content would arrive(making the interaction between screen updates and user input frustrating), and that many frames would be missing (framedrop) with the method I was trying. There's more than one way to go about it, and it's still something I'd like to play with, but my development free time is very constrained .

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Most modern laptops have an HDMI output which is way easier than a Roku channel in my opinion. <The entropy of a perfect crystal, at absolute zero kelvin, is exactly equal to zero. - Third Law of Thermodynamics>, my laptop from 2006 has video out as well…

blaze92 wrote:Most modern laptops have an HDMI output which is way easier than a Roku channel in my opinion. <The entropy of a perfect crystal, at absolute zero kelvin, is exactly equal to zero. - Third Law of Thermodynamics>, my laptop from 2006 has video out as well…

Absolutely the best way to go. Some TVs still have monitor inputs as well. There were a lot of features I wanted my Roku to do, but sometimes going the direct route saves time and frustration.

blaze92 wrote:Most modern laptops have an HDMI output which is way easier than a Roku channel in my opinion. <The entropy of a perfect crystal, at absolute zero kelvin, is exactly equal to zero. - Third Law of Thermodynamics>, my laptop from 2006 has video out as well…

Absolutely the best way to go. Some TVs still have monitor inputs as well. There were a lot of features I wanted my Roku to do, but sometimes going the direct route saves time and frustration.

Absolutely agree. I just like playing with the idea of doing it over the network. More for the fun of it then any practical reason.

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